Hailey Piper

My first thought this morning after I remembered the news was how many people over the last few years have put their bodies between armed far right guys and kids going to the library or a bookstore

Where Were Calls for De-Escalation When Libraries Were Being Targeted?newrepublic.com Trump’s fans seem determined to blame this shooting on their victims.

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Bluesky will never have the pop culture (sports, music, film, etc.) juice, because you can’t easily see and engage with quote posts. That’s how engagement goes beyond little oomf polycules.

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Shelley Duvall for Vogue back in 1979, reminding us all how drab post 2000's fashion is and how we really should need to put more colour back to our daily lives. #fashion #shelleyduvall #actress #vogue

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Do not obey in advance.

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oh my god. if you’re gonna minimize the NYT's role in accelerating anti-trans legislation as "LGBT coverage some people dislike" you should go deepthroat a cactus.

I absolutely adore THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART, so I'm grateful to Erewhon Books for sending over a final hardcover copy! Proud to have it on my shelf. Everyone read Monika Kim's debut ASAP if you haven't already tasted the eyes 👁️

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It’s really wild trying to see the media be like TRUMP HAS THE MOMENTUM OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN before seeing if anything has actually altered the momentum, just trying to force this shit into existence the hardest way they can

"In the national Morning Consult poll of 2,045 registered voters, taken Monday, Trump leads President Joe Biden 46 percent to 45 percent. The poll has a margin of error of two percentage points." www.rawstory.com/trump-pollin...

Surprise: Trump did not get polling boost after shootingwww.rawstory.com Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event.In the national Morning Consul...

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just a reminder that this behavior sucks and writers shouldn't do it

Had another author tell me they were happily using AI for book covers and hey let’s not okay? Let’s not do that.

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Said it before, I’ll say it again, tell people Republicans want to take away their tax refunds.

Project 2025 raises taxes on a family of four with two parents earning a combined $100,000 by $2,600, in order to fund a tax cut of over three times their combined income for someone earning $5m. x.com/SteveRattner...

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not another summer of Silly or Psyop

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This is galling: Media accounts are noting that both Trump and Dems are attacking the other as a grave threat to democracy. But Dems base this on what Trump and his allies *say in their own words.* Trump makes shit up. Media isn't making this clear. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1838...

Trump’s Ugly New Post-Shooting Rant Instantly Wrecks His “Unity” Pivotnewrepublic.com Donald Trump’s idea of unity: Everybody just needs to unify around putting him above the law. The media must resist getting played by his scam.

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This really stood out during this last heat wave--we've all been melting during the heat, but not one rolling blackout warning. Despite SoCal Edison's best efforts, we are winning!

We've reached a real inflection point with grid battery storage. Given its recent stupendous growth—it was virtually nonexistent in 2020—it's easy to see it filling out the rest of that duck curve before the end of the decade

California Grid Breezes Through Heat Wave due to Renewables, Batteriesthinc.blog No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler …

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This link can save my family life by evacuating them from gaza please share it if can’t support . Please retweet it’s will help so much www.gofundme.com/f/sspqf-10k-...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone in Gaza, organized by Robyn Parsonswww.gofundme.com Hi, my name is Robyn and I am a British citizen living in the UK. I am fu… Robyn Parsons needs your support for Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone in Gaza

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one guy is talking about housing stock and rent control, one guy is talking about deporting millions, these things are not the same

Biden housing plan seeks to curb rent increases by penalizing landlords

Biden housing plan seeks to curb rent increases by penalizing landlordswww.theguardian.com President to unveil rent control plan for larger landlords that would restrict increases to 5%, or risk losing tax breaks

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Let’s call the prison system’s use of family separation what it is—torture.

Slavery once split up Black families. Today, prisons do the same thing.therealnews.com Let's call the prison system's use of family separation what it is—torture.

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Fascists become more powerful when we self-censor our stories. It's our duty to keep speaking our truths, loudly and unapologetically. We will outlast those assholes, and our stories will live on forever.

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Tornados on the ground by both airports in Chicago now. Many many tornados on the ground here now

Got one on the ground near O’Hare too

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that last line is an anvil drop

This whole excerpt tells you multitudes about our current political moment.

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A reminder that in order to win in 2024 Trump needs to win EVERY toss up state: FL, GA, NV, & AZ (3 states he lost last time) - as well as wrestle 1 of 5 states from Biden: MI, WI, PA, NH, & VA (3 states that turned against him pre-insurrection and 2 that have NEVER voted for him.) Nearly impossible

An accurate read of ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT 😆

Loved both books. I got bigger Hellraiser vibes from yours. "That thing is definitely gonna murder someone and I'm gonna fuck it." 😂

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If everyone made the safety of Black trans people of any age the floor of solidarity? We'd all be good, but that's never been a priority and here we are.

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Few things are better than when the mailman delivers me a new @haileypiperfights.bsky.social book ❤️ I just saw the upcoming PB and that looks great too!

Someone's washed ashore... ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT releases in exactly three months! 🫀 To celebrate, I'm sharing these tremendous and kind words from @delilahsdawson.bsky.social, whose new book GUILLOTINE releases this September, so be sure to check that out too! Thank you, Delilah!

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in 2013 I saw a man get a 100,000 hour probation on the SomethingAwful forums and today I saw him come off probation and immediately pick up the same argument, quoting a reply from 2013, absolute next-level hater, I can't even imagine, my man is the Count of Monte Posters

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"This is not an election with a wrongheaded but well-meaning Republican. It’s an all-out war with an illiberal megalomaniac who will happily destroy American democracy if it buys him one more ounce of power and keeps him out of prison."

I wrote about the problem of Dems living in a Aaron Sorkin’s West Wing paradigm, which is not equipped to explain the current moment: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/o...

Opinion | Democrats Need to Wake Up From Their ‘West Wing’ Fantasywww.nytimes.com In the real world, noble ideals don’t guarantee a victory.

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There are only NINETEEN HOURS left to back this anthology of weird transhumanist cyberpunk stories by transfemm authors! See the thread below for all the weird and wonderful stories and poems included! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

"The Repossession of Kevin’s Perfect Hair" by @herelieslill.bsky.social In our first story, a trans woman janitor murders her boss, but this is a cyberpunk dystopia, so the question of what happens to the body–and all its very expensive implants–is really fucking disgusting and also awesome.

Three Queer Speculative Anthologies from Neon Hemlockwww.kickstarter.com We're Here 2023, Baffling Year Three & Embodied Exegesis

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CPAC adopted this line just two years ago and now the GOP is suddenly all “wait not like that”

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Senate Dems should take one of their assorted gun control bills off the shelf, rename it something like "Trump Assassination Prevention Act," and force Rs to do a talking filibuster to block it